CUSAS 32, 7e
Edition and Notes: A. George (private communication). ii 7'–23', incipit ag-ma ša-ap-ta-šu ka-lu-um pa-nu-šu “its lips are angry, its face is a skull- cup”: beginning of an Akkadian incantation addressed to a demonic force injurious to health. The description of the demon in ii 14'–15', ma-ḫi-iṣ ⌈mu⌉-uḫ-ḫi-i[m] mu-bi-il li-[iq pi-i]m “who smites the crown, who parches the palate”, survives in the first-millennium incantation compendium KAR 88 frag. 4 i(?) 4 (“Gattung IV”, ed. Ebeling 1953: 417), and in the incantation-incipit cited in a Lamaštu ritual (Thureau-Dangin 1921: 165 l. 26). === NW: for the incipit agmā šaptāšu kalûm pānûšu , see the OB inc. YOS 11, 10 (descprition of a demon/disease). CDLI P252106
Transliteration
ii7' ag-ma ša-ap-ta-šu
ii 8' ka-lu-um pa-⌈nu⌉-šu
ii 9' ⌈pîšu(KA?)⌉-šu mi-[iq-tum le-em-n]u!?-um
ii 10' ⌈ki-ma?⌉ pi-it-n[im] ⌈ša-x-šu⌉
ii 11' [x (x) ka-ra-⌈šu?⌉
ii 12' [i?]-ka-al ḫa-šu-⌈ta-am?⌉
ii 13' ni-ra-am [x x] ⌈x x⌉-am
ii 14' ma-ḫi-iṣ ⌈mu⌉-uḫ-ḫi-i[m]
ii 15' mu-bi-il li-[iq pi-i]m
ii 16' ma-ḫi-iṣ bi-ir-ti a-ḫi-im
ii 17' mu-ra-am-mi ši-ir-ḫa-an a-ḫi-im
ii 18' e ta-am-ḫa-aṣ mu-uḫ-ḫa-a[m]
ii 19' e tu-ub-bi-il li-iq pi-i[m]
ii 20' e ⌈ta-am-ḫa⌉-aṣ bi-ir-ti a-ḫi-im
ii 21' e tu-ra-am-⌈mi⌉ ši-ir-ḫa-an a-ḫi-im
ii 22' ⌈a⌉-li-ik ⌈x⌉-li-[(x)]-ma
ii 23' traces
Translation
7'–8' His lips are angry, his face - yellow paste.
9'–11' His [mouth(?)] is an [evi]l mi[qtum-disease], his … is like a box, his … is …
12'–13' [He] is eating ḫ.-plant, a yoke(?) …, the ….
14'–15' Who strikes the head, who scorches the palate,
16'–17' Who strikes the middle of the arm, who paralyzes the sinew of the arm –
18'–19' Do not strike the head, do not scorch the palate,
20'–21' Do not strike the middle of the arm, do not paralyze the sinew of the arm.
22' Go away…
Michael P. Streck and Nathan Wasserman, Sources of Early Akkadian Literature (SEAL), seal.huji.ac.il. No commercial use is allowed. Published under CC BY-NC-ND (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives). Reproduced unmodified. Cite as SEAL no. 7072; view on seal.huji.ac.il.